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Johanna’s Books
Monthly Archives: September 2004
Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds is Available
My book about hiring, Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People is available, as of today. (I don’t have my copy yet, and my reviewers don’t have their copies yet either. … Continue reading
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Source Control How-Tos
Eric Sink is writing a series on source control how-tos (also known as software configuration management). If you’re a project manager or functional manager and you don’t know enough about source control, read them. Heck, even if you do … Continue reading
Outsourcing or Innovation
I was reading An Elder Challenges Outsourcing’s Orthodoxy, yet another discussion about the merits — or not — of outsourcing. (You may have to register to read the article.) Whether you think outsourcing is an economic good or evil, … Continue reading
Comments Back On
I’ve turned comments back on. The spammers were still getting through even though no one else was. If anyone has converted comments from one system to another commenting system, please send me email. I’m considering it.
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Turned off Commenting
I have — I hope temporarily — turned off commenting. I’m getting spammed by irrelevant and inappropriate comments. I’ve deleted close to 100 today already, and I’m not ready to delete more. Send me email if you want to talk … Continue reading
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How Long Should the Testing Take?
When I do assessments, invariably someone says to me, “JR, how long should the testing really take? It takes our testers (4/5/6/30 insert your number of choice here) weeks, and we need it to take less time. Why can’t … Continue reading
Managers Manage Actions Including Decisions
My colleague, a senior manager, is inundated with too much to do. Hundreds of emails, seven of hours of meetings every day, hundreds of emails, hiring the next level managers so he doesn’t have to backfill, project portfolio management, … Continue reading
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